Mar 13, 2012

Irish Times - "Culture shots: Hidden da Vinci"

Laurence Mackin writes that 'the news this week that researchers in Florence may have found a wall mural by the Renaissance master [Leonardo da Vinci] whipped around the world.'


Mar 13, 2012

Time Magazine - "Have Art Experts Discovered a Lost da Vinci Masterpiece?"

Courtney Subramanian reports that scientists and art historians have uncovered evidence of a lost da Vinci fresco.


Mar 13, 2012

CNN - "Da Vinci's lost masterpiece may be found"

Alan Duke reports that a Leonardo da Vinci mural unseen since the 16th century may have been found hidden behind a fresco painted by another artist.


Mar 13, 2012

Daily Telegraph (UK) - "Leonardo da Vinci: nothing to find but disappointment"

Mark Hudson wories that uncovering Leonardo da Vinci's Battle of Anghiari will destroy one of the great legends of Renaissance art history.


Mar 13, 2012

Los Angeles Times - "Clues to long-lost Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece found"

Jason Felch reports that UC San Diego researchers say they have found tantalizing clues to a mystery that has puzzled the art world for five centuries: the fate of a lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci.


Mar 13, 2012

Agence France Presse - "Art sleuths believe long-lost Da Vinci found in Italy"

The French news agency reports from Florence on evidence that pigment similar to what da Vinci used on the Mona Lisa has been found inside a wall of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.


Mar 13, 2012

Times of India - "Florence paint matches that used for Mona Lisa"

Art detectives in search of a missing Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece in Florence have found traces of the paint which matches one used by the Renaissance genious for the Mona Lisa.


Mar 13, 2012

Sky News Australia - "Lost da Vinci mural discovered"

Researchers say when Giorgio Vasari renovated Florence's city hall he did not want to destroy the Leonardo da Vinci mural, The Bsttle of Anghiari, he built a secret wall to hide it, and those researchers have now found evidence that the da Vinci mural may still be there.


Mar 13, 2012

Vancouver Sun - "In search of da Vinci's lost fresco"

Researchers use tiny video probes to find evidence of a lost Renaissance work behind a wall in Florence.


Mar 13, 2012

Chicago Tribune - "Leonardo lost work might be located"

There is evidence that a fresco by Leonardo da Vinci, lost for nearly 500 years, may have been located in the city hall of Florence.


Mar 13, 2012

Montreal Gazette - "Lost Da Vinci Masterpiece"

Art detectives in Florence, Italy, believe they have found traces of a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece. The mural, which has not been seen in over four centuries, was on a hidden wall of the Palazzo Vecchio.


Mar 13, 2012

Hindustan Times (India) - "Florence paint used for Mona Lisa found"

As reported in the Daily Telegraph, researchers led by CISA3's Maurizio Seracini found evidence that could indicate the presence of a long-lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci inside a wall of Florence's Palazzo Vecchio.


Mar 13, 2012

Daily Mirror (UK) - "Experts 'find Leonardo da Vinci work behind wall'"

Ryan Perry reports that the quest to find the 'Lost Leonardo' has drawn criticism from those who hit out at the idea of drilling holes into an existing work.


Mar 13, 2012

The Independent (UK) - "The Mona Lisa code: is a Leonardo under the surface?"

Michael Day reports on the search for The Battle of Anghiari, a lost Leonardo da Vinci mural.


Mar 13, 2012

Huffington Post UK - "Clues Point to Lost Da Vinci Mural"

Brogan Driscoll reports on findings by CISA3 and National Geographic from their search for a long-lost fresco by Leonardo da Vinci.


2007 Archive

November 29 Il Sole 24 Ore
Battaglia di Anghiari: la caccia al capolavoro di Maurizio Seracini

November 22  El País (Spain)
Seracini, el único personaje real de 'El Código da Vinci', busca un 'leonardo'

November 17 AGI Agenzia Italia (Italy)
Arte: WSJ, ‘Battaglia di Anghiari’ tra le 7 meraviglie perdute

November 16 Chicago Daily Herald (US)
Many of history's most famous shipwrecks, relics are still lost


November 9 Wall Street Journal (US)
[click on interactive map, then on 'The Battle of Anghiari']
7 Missing Wonders

October 31 TF1 Television (France) Video Only
La bataille d'Anghiari de Léonard de Vinci retrouvée?

October 25 Washington Times (US)
High-tech search for da Vinci fresco

October 24 Wired News (US)
Neutron Beams Search for Da Vinci's Lost Masterpiece

ctober 23 La Repubblica (Italy)
Entro un anno la verità sull'affresco di Leonardo

October 23 La Nazione (Italy)
Al via la caccia all'Anghiari di Leonardo

October 22 Il Messaggero (Italy)
Battaglia di Anghiari, caccia nucleare all'affresco

October 22 AGNKronos (Italy)
Giorni contati per il mistero della 'Battaglia di Anghiari'

October 22 AGI News (Italy)
Battaglia Anghiari: Rutelli, Un Anno per Svelare Enigma

October 22 Associated Press (US)
Engineers to Search for Leonardo Fresco

October 22 Forbes (US)
Engineers to Search for Leonardo Fresco

October 22 Corriere della Sera (Italy)
Palazzo Vecchio, caccia al Leonardo sparito

October 10 Il Sole 24 Ore (Italy)
Sponsor in coda per il segreto di Leonardo

October 9 L'Espresso (Italy)
Neutroni per svelare Leonardo

October 9 La Repubblica (Italy)
Tecnologia militare segreta per scoprire Leonardo

September 22 Il Giornale (Italy)
«Battaglia di Anghiari»: saranno 4 gli sponsor

July 30 KGTV Channel 8 CBS (US)
Superimposed Last Supper Reveals New Figures

July 2 People Magazine
The Da Vinci Detective

June 12 These Days -- KPBS Radio
Art Detective Reveals Lost Da Vinci Fresco


June 11 InToscana.com (Italy)
Premiato in California l´esperto della "Battaglia di Anghiari"

June 8 Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)
Wer Leonardo sucht, der findet

May 19 La Nazione (Italy)
Battaglia di Anghiari’ Diciotto mesi per le risposte

May 11 La Nazione (Italy)
Così ritroverò la Battaglia

May 6 Il Sole (Italy)
Cercare la Battaglia

April 19 Currents (US)
Maurizio Seracini works to improve art conservation

March 23 La Nazione (Italy)
Palazzo Vecchio si prepara alla caccia tecnologica della «Battaglia di Anghiari»

March 22 InToscana.it (Italy)
Arte: riprenderà in estate la caccia alla Battaglia di Anghiari

March 22 Corriere della Sera (Italy)
Battaglia di Anghiari, la troveremo senza rompere il muro

March 14 L'Espresso (Italy)
Leonardo sotto scorta

March 12 UCSD Guardian (US)
'Renaissance Man' Fuses Culture, Science at New Center'

February 28 The San Diego Union-Tribune
He uses science in the pursuit of art

February 19 Herald Sun (Australia)
Expert Close to Cracking Da Vinci Code

February 9  New York Times
A Real-Life Mystery: The Hunt for the Lost Leonardo

February 12 Time Magazine
Cracking a Real-Life Da Vinci Code

February 1  The Independent (UK)
Da Vinci sleuth invited to find lost masterpiece

January 30  Reuters
Art sleuth looks for lost Da Vinci masterpiece

January 15 New York Times
Leonardo Quest to Resume

January 10  ANSA (Italy)
Battaglia di Anghiari: un giallo che affascina da 500 anni



2006 Archive

December 7  The Washington Times
Gift of the Magi

December 6  Reuters
Rare Da Vinci sketch displayed in Washington

November 2  The Florentine
An interview with Maurizio Seracini, the man behind the real Da Vinci mystery

October 3  La Nazione (Italy)
‘ Battaglia di Anghiari’, una ricerca che va conclusa

October 2 Time Magazine
A grand tour

October 1 Il Giornale dell’Arte (Italy)
Il tecnico: prima di decidere fare una vera «cartella clinica»

August 27 The Observer (UK)
Fresh start in lost Leonardo quest

August 28  Il Corriere della Sera (Italy)
Mantegna a Mantova, Leonardo a Tokio

May 29  United Press International
Hidden sketches in da Vinci piece revealed

May 27 The Times (UK)
Revealed: the Leonardo cover-up hidden by monks for 500 years

May 22 The Herald (Australia)
Da Vinci broken by the code

May 20 Channel 4 (UK)
The Da Vinci Detective

May 16  The Times (UK)
On the trail of the lost Leonardo

May 16  Anderson Cooper 360 CNN
Da Vinci Code character appears in flesh and blood

February 24 La Stampa (Italy)
L’Architetto Umanista Avrebbe Partecipato

February 6 This Week @ UCSD
Da Vinci Decoded

2005 Archive